Jaguar ended the manufacturing of the XJ collection in 2019 after a five-decade mannequin run. Immediately’s Good Worth or No Cube XJR is likely one of the sportiest of that line and is in tip-top situation. Let’s see if that makes this cat price its premium worth.
Have you ever ever seen skilled pugilist Mike Tyson out of his boxing garb and dressed up for prime society? That’s type of the picture of energy and panache that was exuded by the 2005 Cadillac CTS-V we checked out yesterday. At $10,900, it didn’t have a worth that appeared both fancy pants or all that painful both. That one-two punch took the recent Caddy to a stable 60 p.c Good Worth win.
One other automobile that embodies each brute drive and attractiveness is at this time’s 2005 Jaguar XJR. It, too, employs the age-old custom of packing warmth beneath its hood. Within the Jag’s case, that’s a supercharged version of the AJ V8, making 395 horsepower and 399 lb-ft of torque, across the identical as yesterday’s Caddy. Virtually dainty, the XJ suggestions the scales at just below two tons because of the intensive use of aluminum (aluminium to you Brits) in its chassis and physique panels.
Together with the blown 4.2 V8, the XJR got here commonplace with ZF-sourced six-speed handbook. That has Jag’s bizarre J-shift selector, and sends the facility to the rear wheels for a conventional, if upscale, scorching rod really feel. Brembo disc brakes present stopping energy throughout, whereas the suspension is electronically managed for each degree and aggressiveness.
However we’re not right here to debate this Jag’s specs in some type of English drawing room pissing contest (don’t hit the corgi!), however as a substitute to marvel at its lack of use and ensuing seemingly glorious total situation.
In accordance with the advert, this XJR has however 10,189 miles on the clock, and all the things about it, from the Leaper on the bonnet to the 20-inch BBS Sepang alloys down beneath, seems to be in as-new situation. As proven within the footage, it presents exceptionally effectively, the Ebony paint showing to be in high-quality form and accented by a tasteful amount of old-school chrome. The automobile’s goal is denoted sublimely by a pair of chrome-tipped exhausts abetted by inexperienced and crimson badging on the fenders and boot.
The cabin is about as Jaguar as you possibly can get, that includes luxurious leather-based upholstery and a forest of burlwood that spreads from the sprint to the console to the doorways and throughout each the highest and backside of the steering wheel. Very like yesterday’s Caddy, the Jag has been constructed for these with a button fetish and presents a large number of consolation and comfort options, making this a really plush journey even when it’s requested to rise up and dance. Plus, all of it appears to be like prefer it simply rolled out of Brown’s Lane. Heck, I wager it even smells like an English Manor as a substitute of a humid shed, as older Jags finally are inclined to do.
Mechanically, the automobile seems to be in simply pretty much as good of nick as it’s aesthetically. After all, one would possibly anticipate that seeing because it has so few miles beneath its belt. The engine bay is awash in plastic covers with simply the ABS pump and alloy suspension mounts providing proof of the automobile’s goal. All of it appears to be like clear as a whistle, although, similar to the remainder of the automobile. As you would possibly presume, it comes with a clear title. Not fairly as anticipated, it additionally comes with all of the manufacturing facility manuals and its unique Monroney sticker. Whoa, 17 metropolis, 24 freeway!
The asking worth for this slice of the current previous is $33,000.
OK, that’s quite a lot of cheddar. Sometimes, an XJR of this classic would ask a couple of third of that. These contenders, nevertheless, would unlikely be in as good of form, nor with as few miles as this one. For somebody who missed out on these terrific automobiles once they had been new, this can be an important—if pricy—alternative to deal with that inequity.
What do you suppose? Is that this Jag fascinating sufficient to warrant that $33,000 asking? It’s definitely good sufficient to make it a query. However is that sufficient going to be… sufficient?
You determine!
Phoenix, Arizona, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.
H/T to Don R. for the hookup!
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